Digest 12.3.19
Our bi-weekly summary of interesting articles, on-goings and tools for healing, expansion and connection.
Read
I Now Suspect the Vagus Nerve Is the Key to Well-being
The vagus nerve has been coming up a lot recently and this article by Edith Zimmerman looks at how it may affect our daily lives, and how we can begin to nurture it with some simple practices | Link
Podcast
Michael Murphy: Mysticism in Sports
The Voices of Esalen Podcast features founder and sports-nut, Michael Murphy. The episode explores a deep dive into mysticism within the realm of sports, his books Golf in the Kingdom and In the Zone: Transcendent Experiences in Sports, and how sports may constitute an arena made for shifting consciousness and spontaneously inducing mystical states | Link
Run
Mindful Running: Becoming Happy and Healthy
Learn how meditative running will unite your body and soul and how it can improve performance and happiness with Dr. Mike Spino’s new online course. It has specific methodologies for improving at any level of fitness and health through a mindful step-by-step training structure that improves wellness and running performance efficiently and confidently in as short as three or four weeks | Link
Interview
Paul Chek and the Stone Buddhas
Paul is well-known for his extreme rock stacking, or working with the Stone Buddhas as he refers to them. Rock stacking can be a great activity for any one, but this short video highlights some next level integration of strength and presence | Link
Tools
Vitruvi After Oil
Using our bodies feels amazing, they’re a gift and we shouldn’t take it for-granted. Recovery is an important piece so that we can continue to push. That’s why the idea of naturally nurturing our bodies with products like Vitruvi’s After Oil, made with Eucalyptus (eucalyptus radiata), Organic Peppermint (mentha arvensis), Turmeric (curcuma longa), Lavender (lavandula angustifolia), Black Pepper (piper nigrum), Organic Black Cumin Seed (nigella sativa) allows, “you recover more naturally so you can get your body moving again” | Link
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